DVAS wish to recruit new members for our management committee

Published: Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Our role

Domestic Violence Advocacy Service, Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan [DVAS], are a non-governmental organisation that provide services to women experiencing domestic violence. Our role is to maximise women and children's safety through providing a range of services to women at risk of ongoing violence, abuse and re-victimisation. These services include the provision of emotional support, information, advocacy and court accompaniment. Our services are delivered over a helpline and through face-to-face support sessions. We are based in Sligo town and serve a large rural population. We also have a centre in Carrick on Shannon and deliver much of our services on an outreach basis.

As well as providing services directly to women, we also seek to promote good practice responses through providing training to a range of practitioners and agencies. DVAS are the lead agency in this area addressing domestic violence and as such carry out extensive awareness raising within the community about the issue of violence against women within intimate relationships.

For more information about our organisation please go to our website at www.domesticviolence.ie

Why we are recruiting to the DVAS Board of Management.

The DVAS Board currently comprises of seven members, two of whom are about to retire. We wish to recruit three to four women to replace these positions and also to build the competency of the committee to meet the challenges and avail of the opportunities currently existing to strengthen and grow the organisation.

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